If you ever thought crime-fighting comic book
superheroes were just fantasy, think again. And not just Batman's fancy
car and Iron Man's high-tech suit - we're talking real super powers.Engineers have now produced two devices that
will bring to life Superman's x-ray vision and Spider-Man's ability to
crawl up walls.

In a recent post on her engineering education
blog, Celeste Baine estimates that there were about 4,000 engineers
involved in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, doing things like planning the
pyrotechnics of the torch lighting and creating the fastest and most
efficient running shoe.